Republican Party of Liberty

The Republican Party of Liberty (PRL) was a conservative political party in France which existed from 1945 to 1951. It was founded by Joseph Laniel after the Liberation of France, and it was the only significant right-wing conservative party of late-1940s France; most of France's right-wing had been discredited due to its support for Vichy France during World War II. The PRL supported the exclusion of the French Communist Party from politics, closer ties to the United States, and amnesty for Philippe Petain's supporters. In 1951, after many internal dissensions, the party merged into CNIP, while some members joined the Gaullist Rally of the French People.